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Ivy looked at ht"

"Is that a good thing?" I asked

"Well, technically it’s a little evil, but since I don’t think you’re evil anymore, it’s probably okay"

I felt s"

Ivy looked at the floor, pressing her bare toe into the carpet "I think htliss"

Relief warical energy pink?"

"Oh, I can change colors, but that doesn’ta white energy orb "I can make it ultraviolet, but that doesn’t ht"

"What’s the difference?"

A shrug "I’m not sure Daelissa just told ain?"

I sighed "No, the heat went away and I can’t turn it back on"

"Want rin

I backed away "Uh, el powers to work, noasn’t the ti to accomplish miracles

Ivy reached up and patted my shoulder "It’s okay You’re not a failure"

"Thanks, sis" I couldn’t hide the grin It felt so good to know my sister didn’t think I was evil anyo," Elyssa said "We had to knock out a guard It means Jeremiah will know someone was here"

"Where did you put hi her brow

"In a closet in the library"

"I can ood at blanking, but since you just did it, it shouldn’t be a problem Can you put him somewhere else so he won’t wonder why he’s in a closet when he wakes up?"

"Yeah," I said "Better do it now"

The three of us crept back upstairs to the library Bob was nowhere to be seen, probably off perfecting his proposal, I hoped We moved the unconscious et," she said "You’d better go And watch out for trolls in the yard" She gried my sister, and kissed her on the forehead "Be careful when you get Kassus’s blood," I said "Please don’t put yourself in danger"

"Don’t worry about rin "I can be devious"

Hoell I know that

We crept back to the stairs The foyer looked clear, so ent up the stairs, andup to the third floor We straightened fro, and happy to be almost out of this place as alked toward the third-story hallway I openedwhen Elyssa’s eyes ith horror Her hand claaze and saw a silhouette in the first rooht vision flickered on

Jeremiah Conroy sat inside

Chapter 35

My bowels and bladder attempted mutiny It was all I could do to keepe of the door, hidden fro chair with his profile to us A candle flickered on the small round table next to him I re the house Seeing the old man there alone aze rested on so in his hands I peered at the object, and realized it looked like the statuette of a woh it was i since a preservation spell on fro draw from it A trickle of red liquid down the corner of his mouth looked like red wine Surely it wasn’t blood I ondering why a man with such wealth would use a clay container for his hen I noticed his clothing He wore the rugged robes I oatee was no longer gray, but black, and his skin looked olive by the diht

I rubbed my eyes The er and of a different nationality I felt a pinch on my arm, and looked to Elyssa She mouthed, "Who is that?" to me

"Jeremiah," I mouthed back

She shook her head sloith disbelief

I texted Shelton, and told him to open the portal in the hallway A second later, it blinked into existence I was iht than the sconces on the walls Shelton peered in froer to ency

He nodded and reateway, teripped ht option, praying I had the flash set to off Then I snapped several pictures of Jere very odd about this et to the bottom of it